Hilbert's Grand Hotel

PHP 93 bytes

for(;$r=$g?$r+1:$g=$argv[++$i];[$g,$h[$r]]=[$h[$r],$g])$h=array_pad($h?:[],$g,0);print_r($h);

0 indexed. Uses a 2 in 1 loop that looks up the next guest after it gets a 0 (or a null form going beyond the current final room). Use like:

php -r "for(;$r=$g?$r+1:$g=$argv[++$i];[$g,$h[$r]]=[$h[$r],$g])$h=array_pad($h?:[],$g,0);print_r($h);" 1 4 3 1 2 1

Ungolfed:

for( $hotel = []; $room = $guest = $argv[ ++$i ]; )
{
    for( $hotel = array_pad( $hotel, $guest, 0 ); $guest; $room++ )
    {
        $last = $hotel[ $room ];
        $hotel[ $room ] = $guest;
        $guest = $last;
    }
}
print_r( $hotel );

Haskell, 107 bytes

h=foldl(\h n->let{(b,a)=splitAt n h;(c,d)=span(>0)a;e=0:e;f=take n$b++e;g(0:m)=m;g m=m}in f++[n]++c++g d)[]

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Jelly, 28 bytes

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